In the 2002 film, The Time Machine, Professor Alexander Hartdegen (played by Guy Pearce) visited the New York Public Library after time traveling to the year 2030. There, he got introduced to a photonics-based AI named Vox (played by Mobile-native Orlando Jones). Vox was connected to "every database on the planet" and was able to retrieve any of it in a fraction of a second.
We’re not going to make you wait until 2030.
It's October and you have a craving for some horror to send a chill up your spine to offset the muggy Alabama weather, but you don't feel like reading the same out terrifying tales...maybe you have a sweet tooth for something different? Then empty out your Halloween pail and let's take a look at this year's haul and all the exciting new flavors you could sink your teeth into...
Horror Comedies
Spooky Season 2022 is upon us. The days grow short, the shadows grow long and the leaves fall off the trees. It always seems damp, but the air is crisp and clean in a way like no other season of the year. There’s no better time than the month of October to power watch as many spooky flicks as your eyeballs can handle.
As summer rolls around once more it's time again to look at that Oscars of comics, the Will Eisner Awards which are presented each year at San Diego Comic Con. You can view a full listing of past winners available for borrowing on our graphic novel libguide. Take a look at the nominees and winners available in our collection and online through Hoopla:
The Madison Outdoor Summer Movie Series: Summer of 1982:
TRON
This Friday, July 22nd, join us at the Madison Public Library for the final film in our Outdoor Summer Movie Series: Summer of 1982. We are showing the Disney sci-fi classic, Tron.
There are now three new Makerspace Studios available for the Huntsville-Madison County community. These new Studios are located at Gurley Public Library, Monrovia Public Library and Triana Public Library. Each of these libraries is now equipped with a 3D printer to create fun projects, crafts and gadgets.
Summer Outdoor Movie Series: Summer of 1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn
July 8th at the Madison Public Library
Summer Outdoor Movie Series: Summer of 1982
Our Summer of 1982 continues this Friday, June 24th at the Madison Public Library with the scariest movie from the Summer of ’82- Poltergeist! (trailer)
When Bloomsbury Publishing decided to publish an unknown author with a story that seemed to go against every rule in children’s publishing at the time, they set off a domino effect of global societal impacts that are still felt today. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, otherwise known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, was published June 26, 1997. The first movie by the same name later debuted November 14, 2001. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final installment in the Harry Potter franchise, was published July 14, 2007. The final movie debuted July 15, 2011.
The Mad Movie-A-Thon-O-Rama Continues!
The Mad Movie-A-Thon-O-Rama continues through May! I will continue showing movies on the second and fourth Thursdays in April and May and we will also have a special movie presentation on the third Thursday in April! That’s right. More movies! More gimmicks! More “A-Thon!” and, seriously, way more “O-Rama!”
